In the age where Harry, Katniss, Percy, Bella, and Hazel have become more than ordinary household names and have instead placed markers in every teenager’s memory, just how far has the young adult genre come? The young adult of yesteryears Back in our grandparents’ days, “young adult fiction” wasn’t the phenomenal trend that…
Author: Belle Justiniani
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The Unwritten Rule
We Filipinos are sensitive people. However we try to disagree, a very influential part of our culture is our inherited compliance to implicit, unnamed rules. Think about it – isn’t utang na loob an unwritten law? Nonetheless, to even think of not conforming to it produces drastic consequences in the form of sama ng loob…
2013 was a year of ups and downs. A short recap would include our UAAP victories in the Season 76 Basketball Championships and Season 75 Women’s Volleyball Championships, DLSU Chorale and LSDC-Street showcasing Philippine talent in international waters, Filipina beauties making a name for the country in four international pageants and Pacquiao winning against Rios…
Transcendence is defined as an experience or characteristic beyond the normal level. To transcend means to excel or be known for something. As individuals, we all have something that makes us unique. However, in groups this uniqueness develops through the strength in numbers and becomes a trait that characterizes an entire batch, making it memorable…
With reports from Steph Pagdanganan Picture this: you woke up way past your usually-reliable alarm and are running late for school. You take the fastest shower of your life, skip breakfast and leap onto the soonest bus, FX or taxi and wish you could yell, “STEP ON IT!” and have the driver fly through the…
Continuum: a continuous extent, succession or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from adjacent parts. One such phenomenon that constitutes a continuum: the curious, ambiguous matter of time. Since the dawn of their race, human beings have sought to study the measurement of time. The fascination began as early as 5,000 to 6,000…
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Bringing life back to the dead
Every November starts with the days of commemorating the dead. More than just a two-day public holiday, it’s a time to spend with loved ones – both living and deceased. The one day that the topic of death does not seem so harrowing is the traditional Undas: the Day of the Dead, more commonly known…
We Filipinos are known for our unstoppable optimism, easygoing casualness and sense of humor. We are characterized by our ability to smile in times of depression, laugh even in the face of problems, and get back up despite any disaster thrown our way. The recent crisis brought on by the monsoons served as an excellent…